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Michel-Jean Sedaine was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for opéras comiques, in which he took an important and influential role in the advancement of the genre from the period of Charles-Simon Favart to the beginning of the Revolution. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. June 1719 – 17. May 1797
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Michel-Jean Sedaine Quotes

“O Richard! O mon Roi!
L'univers t'abandonne!”

Michel-Jean Sedaine

“Translated: O Richard! O my king!
The universe forsakes thee!”

Michel-Jean Sedaine

Sung at the Dinner given to the French Soldiers in the Opera Salon at Versailles, Oct. 1, 1789; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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